Five people have been arrested in Britain under the Terrorism Act over a suicide bombing in Israel on Wednesday.

Five people have been arrested in Britain under the Terrorism Act over a suicide bombing in Israel on Wednesday.

Two men and two women were held in Derbyshire and another woman in Nottinghamshire, police said.

Officers from the Metropolitan Police anti-terrorism branch, working with local officers, arrested the five in a series of operations in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire as part of inquiries after three people and a terrorist died in the attack in Tel Aviv. All five are now being questioned at police stations in central London.

Police were searching addresses in the two areas. No weapons or any explosives are believed to have been found.

The arrests follow a joint British and Israeli security services operation to establish how a British Muslim became a suicide bomber.

Israeli police claim Asif Mohammed Hanif, 21, of Hounslow, west London, detonated a device at Mike's Place, a bar. Fifty people were also wounded in the attack.

Israeli authorities are still hunting Hanif's accomplice, Omar Khan Sharif, 27, of Derby, alleged to have fled the scene after his device failed to detonate.

Meanwhile, the UK bank accounts of the two alleged suicide bombers were frozen on the instructions of Chancellor Gordon Brown.

The Chancellor said: "We must remain constantly vigilant in all areas in bearing down on terrorism and the sources that finance it.

"We have taken immediate action today to ensure no UK funds belonging to those suspected of being responsible for this atrocity can be used to support terror."